Red Grooms

(American, born 1937)

Red Grooms is an American artist known for his painted-collage sculptures of both fictional and observed scenes. Characterized by his distinctive stylization and humorous portraits of people, Grooms’s works are constructed from illustration board and a hot glue gun, pieced together into a believable physical space. “In the New York works I’ve done I have tried to make it a kind of portraiture thing where I was really trying to get the texture of what I thought I saw, particularly in the neurosis of the population, and present it in context with the props—the mailboxes, fireplugs, any texture of the city,” he has explained. Born Charles Rogers Grooms on June 7, 1937 in Nashville, TN, he went on to study at the Art Institute of Chicago, before moving to New York in 1956. There, Grooms befriended and exhibited with artists such as Alex Katz, Jim Dine, and Claes Oldenburg, gaining recognition for his unique take on Pop Art. In 1986, the award-winning film Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse was released, documenting the artist’s process and personality. Grooms continues to live and work in New York, NY. Today, his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, among others.

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Derek Jeter Finally Gets a Win: Red Grooms's Kitschy Home Run Sculpture Will Be Removed From Miami's Marlins Park

New MLB Owner Derek Jeter Is Battling to Tear Down a $2.5 Million Stadium Sculpture—and Losing

by Sarah Cascone

New MLB Owner Derek Jeter Is Battling to Tear Down a $2.5 Million Stadium Sculpture—and Losing

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Picasso Goes to Heaven

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Picasso Goes to Heaven

Sale Date: November 5, 2014

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Tonto & the Condominiums (Tonto-Condo)

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Tonto & the Condominiums (Tonto-Condo)

Sale Date: November 5, 2014

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The Existentialist (Portrait of Giacometti), 1984

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The Existentialist (Portrait of Giacometti), 1984

Sale Date: October 28, 2014

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Hot Dog Vendor, 1994

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Hot Dog Vendor, 1994

Sale Date: September 20, 2014

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Lorna Doone, 1980

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Lorna Doone, 1980

Sale Date: September 20, 2014

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Picasso Goes To Heaven II, 1976

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Picasso Goes To Heaven II, 1976

Sale Date: September 20, 2014

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Nadar (from Nineteenth Century artists), 1976

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Nadar (from Nineteenth Century artists), 1976

Sale Date: September 20, 2014

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Bazille (from Nineteenth Century Artists), 1976

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Bazille (from Nineteenth Century Artists), 1976

Sale Date: September 20, 2014

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Gertrude, 1975

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Gertrude, 1975

Sale Date: September 20, 2014

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Study for Ruckus Rodeo, 1975

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Study for Ruckus Rodeo, 1975

Sale Date: September 20, 2014

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Water Meter, 1995

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Water Meter, 1995

Sale Date: September 25, 2014

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Sarajevo, 1968

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Sarajevo, 1968

Sale Date: September 25, 2014

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Architecture and Caats for Ever, 1969

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Architecture and Caats for Ever, 1969

Sale Date: September 29, 2014

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Rockefeller Center, 1995

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Rockefeller Center, 1995

Sale Date: September 11, 2014

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Ersel Hickey, 1984

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Ersel Hickey, 1984

Sale Date: July 24, 2014

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Photographer and Indian (Wagon Piece), 1980

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Photographer and Indian (Wagon Piece), 1980

Sale Date: July 24, 2014

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Breton Farmer, 1980

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Breton Farmer, 1980

Sale Date: July 24, 2014

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Elaine De Kooning at the Cedar Bar, 1991

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Elaine De Kooning at the Cedar Bar, 1991

Sale Date: July 25, 2014

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Tennessee Fox Trot Carousel

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Tennessee Fox Trot Carousel

Sale Date: July 16, 2014

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Picasso, 1997

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Picasso, 1997

Sale Date: July 16, 2014

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Dixie's, 1994

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Dixie's, 1994

Sale Date: July 16, 2014

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Van Gogh with Sunflowers, 1988

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Van Gogh with Sunflowers, 1988

Sale Date: July 19, 2014

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The Pierpoint Morgan Library, 1982

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The Pierpoint Morgan Library, 1982

Sale Date: July 19, 2014

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Sex in the Midwest; Rosie's closet (2 works), 1979

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Sex in the Midwest; Rosie's closet (2 works), 1979

Sale Date: May 17, 2014

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